South Korea: Income, profits, and capital gains taxes: percent of revenue, 1972 - 2019:
For that indicator, we provide data for South Korea from 1972 to 2019. The average value for South Korea during that period was 27.46 percent with a minimum of 22.16 percent in 1975 and a maximum of 34.76 percent in 1989.
The latest value from 2019 is 29.38 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2019 based on 116
countries is 24.42 percent.
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Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.